Tajikistan’s president called Thursday for legislation to limit the size and expense of weddings, birthday parties and funerals, saying the ceremonies have become too expensive and unjustified for the poor former Soviet republic.
Popularity: 1% [?]
May 24, 2007An opposition party leader alleged that the fatal shooting of another opposition figure had ben ordered by the government, but the top government figures rejected the claim, Pravda.Ru reports.
Popularity: 2% [?]
May 22, 2007Leader of 21st Century – Language, Homeland, Faith opposition party Guram Sharadze, 66, was killed last night in central Tbilisi, Georgia, the REGNUM news agency reports.
Popularity: 2% [?]
On Wednesday, May 16, Beit Bella synagogue — the only one in modern Estonia — was opened in Tallinn. The building, which served as a synagogue in the beginning of the 20th century, was destroyed during WWII.
Popularity: 2% [?]
May 17, 2007Pro-Kremlin young activists tried to attack Estonian Ambassador while she was holding a mews conference in Moscow. She said that computer vandals with Kremlin Internet addresses hacked Web sites of Government of Estonia.
Popularity: 1% [?]
May 4, 2007Estonia is to set up a Red Army monument in a military cemetery in time for the anniversary of the end of World War Two after its removal from the center of the capital sparked riots, the Reuters news agency reported on Sunday quoting Estonian officials.
Popularity: 2% [?]
May 2, 2007The Estonian consulate in Russia “closes down because of the situation, which is taking shape around the embassy,†an Estonian diplomat told Itar-Tass news agency on Saturday, April 28.
Popularity: 2% [?]
April 28, 2007Estonia’s parliament was behind barricades Saturday as violence rocked Tallinn for a second night after the removal of a Soviet war memorial, the AFP news arency reports.
Popularity: 4% [?]
The Inaugural Summit on Peace and Tolerance devoted to the contemporary state and perspectives of the international inter-confessional dialogue has opened in the Ukrainian capital.
Popularity: 2% [?]
April 27, 2007Police clashed with protesters at a Soviet war memorial in Tallinn on Thursday as authorities prepared to remove the bodies, The Associated Press reported.
Popularity: 3% [?]
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